[BRLTTY] Pacmate problem

[Lee Maschmeyer]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 05:50:10PM +0800, 高生旺 wrote:
 
> My pacmate driver can be only used for a few times, then all keys and 
> wheels were disabled. I must restart computer to reuse them. My running 
> brltty is rev. 4911. Thanks!

That's strange. I use my PAC Mate display all day on the weekends and
a good number of hours on week nights and have never had that
trouble. I wonder if it's a hardware problem for you? My distro is
Ubuntu 8.04.3 with all the updates.

Presumably you've kept your operating system up-to-date. Have you
tried a different cable to see if that helps? Or a different computer?

If you've been using subversion for awhile you might try removing your
brltty directory and checking out a fresh copy. I think the directory
can get a bit impure over time. Also, when I do the install I do:

killall brltty && rm -fr /etc/brltty && make -s uninstall && make -s install && brltty

That keeps the installed directories clean. I'm not a C programmer and
don't know how cluttered directories would affect anything, but
keeping them pristine can't hurt.

Good luck,

-- 

Lee Maschmeyer

"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear
to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than
what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."
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